BIG DADDY'S BARBEQUE 8

1380 N 1 ST, WINTER HAVEN, Polk County. DBPR licence 6350697. 7 inspection visits from 2023-09-20 to 2025-09-25.

Corrected at follow-upLast visit, 2025-09-25: complaint follow-up, 0 high-priority, 1 intermediate, 0 basic violations

1 of 4routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Polk County average that year (3 had none)

0emergency closures recommended at an inspection since July 2023

1inspections prompted by a complaint

Every inspection visit

Newest first. Violations: high-priority / intermediate / basic. County average = high-priority violations at a first routine visit, Polk County, same fiscal year. Codes and descriptions are DBPR's; the inspector's written notes are on DBPR's site only.
Date	Visit	Result	High	Inter.	Basic	County avg	What was cited
2025-09-25	Complaint follow-up	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	1	0		1 area 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated
2025-07-24	Complaint inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	0	1	1		2 areas 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 51 Other conditions sanitary and safe operation
2025-02-11	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	2	0	0.39	2 areas 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed
2024-03-22	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	1	0.41	1 area 08 Food protection, cross-contamination
2023-11-27	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	3	2	0.41	4 areas 11 Personnel with infections restricted (x2) 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved 50 Current license properly displayed
2023-09-22	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2023-09-20	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	2	4	1	0.41	6 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature (x2) 06 Potentially hazardous food properly thawed 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 27 Water source safe, hot and cold under pressure 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification

A routine inspection is one visit on one day. Inspectors in different counties record violations differently, so compare a count with its county average, not with a restaurant in another county. Nothing on this page is a rating. Source: DBPR inspection files, data as of 2026-11-09; DBPR's own record for this licence is the official one.